Jazz At The Bookstore (Album Version)
Ron Sexsmith"Jazz At The Bookstore (Album Version)" is a song by Ron Sexsmith, released in 2007 in the Pop genre. The song is 3:07 long and contains 39 lines and 218 words.
0:12Leadbelly's in the background
0:15Being drowned out by the grind
0:18He's singing 'bout "Rock Island Line"
0:22Nobody seems to pay him any mind
0:27Bestsellers and bookshelves
0:30Full of self help printed word
0:33Some faint elegance is heard
0:37Now was that Ellington or Bird
0:42And has it really come to this
0:47Can ignorance be bliss
0:52I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop
0:58Jazz at the bookstore
1:01And Blues in the coffee shop
1:05Jazz at the bookstore
1:09And Blues in the coffee shop
1:18There's a man standing at the crossroads
1:21With a dark roast in his hand
1:24He's Livin' in white yuppy land
1:28Over by the milk and sugar stand
1:34And have I really come for this
1:39A cup of caffeinated bliss
1:43So we browse around
1:45All over town
1:47Sipping coffees that we can't pronounce
1:51Meanwhile in the Blues Cemetery
1:55All the coffins commence to bounce bounce
2:15Leadbelly's in the cold ground
2:18Rolling over in his grave
2:21The hard road where so many slaved
2:25Is now so smooth and paved
2:31And has it really come to this
2:36Can ignorance be bliss
2:41I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop
2:46Jazz at the bookstore
2:51And Blues in the coffee shop
2:54Jazz at the bookstore
2:58And Blues in the coffee shop
3:01Jazz at the bookstore
3:07And Blues in the coffee shop
Leadbelly's in the background Being drowned out by the grind He's singing 'bout "Rock Island Line" Nobody seems to pay him any mind Bestsellers and bookshelves Full of self help printed word Some faint elegance is heard Now was that Ellington or Bird And has it really come to this Can ignorance be bliss I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop Jazz at the bookstore And Blues in the coffee shop Jazz at the bookstore And Blues in the coffee shop There's a man standing at the crossroads With a dark roast in his hand He's Livin' in white yuppy land Over by the milk and sugar stand And have I really come for this A cup of caffeinated bliss So we browse around All over town Sipping coffees that we can't pronounce Meanwhile in the Blues Cemetery All the coffins commence to bounce bounce Leadbelly's in the cold ground Rolling over in his grave The hard road where so many slaved Is now so smooth and paved And has it really come to this Can ignorance be bliss I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop Jazz at the bookstore And Blues in the coffee shop Jazz at the bookstore And Blues in the coffee shop Jazz at the bookstore And Blues in the coffee shop
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